Château de Comblat

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The Château de Comblat, in Vic-sur-Cère in the Cantal, was from 1586 to 1789 the residence of the commissioned officials, and later vice-bailiffs, responsible for ensuring the pacification of Haute-Auvergne. Its keep was built in the 15th century on the former fort of Vallayrane, then altered in the 16th century; a south wing in the classical style, with a chapel, pavilion and outbuildings, was added to it in the early 18th century, when the terraced park with its pool was also created, now designated as remarkable. The estate passed successively to the de Cère and de La Garde families (13th century), the de Griffeuil family (around 1300), Gaucelin de Viescamp (1343), then to the Palach, Vixouze and Cabannes families (16th–18th centuries), Lacarrière (1716) and de la Baume Pluvinel (1811). The interiors retain monumental fireplaces, panelling and painted trumeaux of the period. In 1949 Geneviève de la Baume Pluvinel ceded the castle to the département of the Cantal, which first set up a home economics school there and then a girls' agricultural college.